Ultimate Heart Rate Monitoring Sensor Solution For Wearables

Silicon Labs introduced an optical heart rate sensing solution designed to reduce the cost and complexity of wrist-based heart rate monitoring (HRM) applications. The module can be used across a wide range of wearables including activity-tracking fitness bands, pedometers and smart watches, and gym fitness equipment.

According to Silicon Labs, 100 million units of HRM-enabled devices will be sold per year by 2018, with the majority of those units being wrist-based wearables. The Si1144 addresses this large and growing market across a wide range of wearables including activity-tracking fitness bands, pedometers and smart watches, in addition to providing HRM capabilities for gym fitness equipment, bathroom scales and geriatric monitoring devices.

Daniel Cooley, vice president of marketing for IoT products at Silicon Labs said: “Silicon Labs’ Si1144 HRM solution addresses the challenges of wrist-based heart rate measurement by providing an accurate, easy-to-implement and cost-efficient solution priced well below competitive offerings. Additional benefits of Silicon Labs’ HRM solution include industry-leading power consumption and a very small footprint, making the Si1144 module a very good fit for power-sensitive, space-constrained wearables.”